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The Nancy J. Brua Animal Care Center plans to resume Saturday hours starting next week now that staffing levels can once again support the additional day. The center had to temporarily discontinue its Saturday hours, while extending Thursday hours to 6:30 p.m., in October due to a shortage of staff members. Starting Monday, May 1, the following regular hours will …

As work continues on a project to widen the last two-lane stretch of Coronado Drive, the Sierra Vista Police Department will be strictly enforcing the reduced speed limit within the construction zone while workers are present. Both northbound and southbound lanes of Coronado Drive have been narrowed from Busby Drive to Golf Links Road and the speed limit has been …

The Sierra Vista Police Department safely arrested a local man after he broke into an apartment and held the resident hostage on Sunday night. SVPD officers responded to an apartment complex in the 4600 block of Charleston Road at about 10:30 p.m. due to a report of a white man breaking windows at multiple apartments. As additional 911 calls came …

The Sierra Vista Police Department arrested a Huachuca City man in the early morning hours on Sunday after he fled on foot and held a firearm to his own head while crisis negotiators calmed him down. A police officer made contact with 30-year-old Craig Ethridge at about 11:35 p.m. on Saturday, when he was observed riding a bicycle without a …

Sierra Vista’s national reputation as a community that supports, welcomes, and celebrates service members and their families was spotlighted on Friday at the Great American MRE Makeover in the Cochise College Downtown Center café. Attended by key community partners and local leaders, the event highlighted Sierra Vista’s selection as a member of the Great American Defense Communities class of 2017 …

The 12th Annual West End Fair will fill Fry Boulevard with shopping, entertainment, and family-friendly fun on Saturday, May 6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and there’s still time to sign on as a vendor. With the addition of the Southeastern Arizona Contractors Association Home and Garden Show, plus the return of the Cochise Mustang Club’s American Classics Car …

The Southeastern Arizona DUI Task Force cited employees at six businesses in Cochise County during a Covert Underage Buyers detail conducted in cooperation with the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety and the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control on Friday, April 14. The task force targeted 36 businesses in the Sierra Vista and Whetstone areas based on previous …

A project to replace pavement on Avenida Cochise, east of Highway 92, is scheduled to begin on Monday, April 17, and construction will continue through June as part of the City’s annual street maintenance work. Starting Monday, Avenida Cochise will be closed from the frontage road east of Highway 92 to Calle Mercancia and this closure will remain in place …

The International City/County Management Association has selected City of Sierra Vista Refuse Driver Chuy Estrada as one of 10 Community Heroes from a pool of nominees working in local governments across the country. For the people who have worked with Estrada over his nearly 33-year career with the City, the recognition isn’t surprising. “That’s just Chuy,” Refuse Supervisor Darrin Stensby …

Several Leisure and Library Services facilities will be closed until noon on Saturday, April 15, and some road restrictions will be in place to accommodate the Firebolt Youth Triathlon. The Cove, the Sierra Vista Public Library, the Ethel H. Berger Center, and the Oscar Yrun Community Center will not open until noon on Saturday. Access to the sports fields on …